University of Nebraska Lincoln Shotokan Karate Club

01/02/2025

UNL Shotokan 1000 ozuki on New Year’s Eve. Step forward into the new year. Here to another New Year! Cheers!

04/17/2024

The University of Nebraska−Lincoln dojo's 30th Anniversary Celebration and the Central Region Nisei Week Qualifying Tournament takes place Sat, April 20 and Sun, April 21. The tournament is open for public viewing at 3pm on Saturday. Please read more details on our dojo website page (https://unl.ska.org/30th-anniversary/).

01/01/2024

As we end the year with another 1000 punches, we wish everyone another great 2024 New Year. We also thank the friendship that we made, new additions to our lives, and saying goodbyes to our dearly departed. May we see each other again!

01/01/2023

Tonight, we honor our ancestors who had to practice in secret late into the night. Four thousand oizuki (lunge front punches) in total were done on the eve of the coming New Year. Punching out the last karate practice to start fresh the next year. Happy New Year to all. It was a tough and wonderful year. Let’s fight on to the next! Kiai!!

10/09/2018

Congratulations to Greg Tunink for placing 1st in the Black Belt division at the 8th Annual Memphis Jiyu Kumite Tournament. UNL alumni Kostiantyn Marichev also placed 3rd in the White & Brown Belt division.

If you'd like to learn to stay calm in the face of adversity and defend yourself too, come to our free practice co-hosted by the Kawasaki Reading Room tomorrow 3:30-4:30PM in the Nebraska Union Ballroom for Japanese Physical Education Day! More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/129208134617393/

Bonus photo of Greg and his "twin", Sean McGinnis from Minneapolis!

08/31/2018

Hi friends,

Sorry for the short notice on this. Since the university did not have space for us to practice tonight, Anna has volunteered to lead a yoga session at her home. We'll be starting a little later around 7pm. If you're interested in joining, please contact us at our dojo email [email protected] or via text / phone call to our Google Voice at 402-937-0505 and I'll be happy to pick people up for carpooling.

We'll be back to our regular schedule of practices next week: Tuesdays 5:45pm-7:45pm and Fridays 6-7pm. We don't have another interruption in our regular schedule until UNL's Fall Break in mid-October, just after our trip to Memphis for the 8th Annual Memphis Jiyu Kumite Clinic & Tournament the weekend of Oct 6 and our collaborative event with the Kawasaki Reading Room for Japanese Physical Education Day on Oct 10.

Hope you all have a fun and safe Labor Day weekend!

Take care,
Greg

08/27/2018

We had a great time meeting new and returning students at Party at the Union, the Fall Club Fair on City Campus, and East Campus Welcome Back. The buzz and excitement of everyone on the campuses was palpable. We hope to see many new karateka bring that energy to the dojo.

Check our calendar (http://unl.ska.org/karate-class-schedule/) for upcoming events. We're having a dojo social this Friday. Come to practice on Tuesday to learn more.

We'll be traveling to Memphis the weekend of October 6th for the 8th Annual Memphis Jiyu Kumite Clinic & Tournament. The barbeque dinner and social afterwards is always a highlight and brings karateka from many nearby states.

On October 10, we'll be collaborating with the Kawasaki Reading Room for Japanese Physical Education Day.

November 10 we'll drive to Kansas City for fall kyu test. Delicious Thai food at Lulu's will likely follow too.

Looking forward to an exciting fall semester!

08/18/2018

Tonight kicks off a series of events to meet returning students at . Greg will be facilitating a 1v1 trivia game he's calling "Shotokan Karate-dō Trivia Showdown" for visitors to play and win sweets as prizes.

Here is the schedule of events where UNL SKA will be:

Party at the Union
Saturday, Aug 18, 9:30pm to Midnight
City Campus - Nebraska Union

Big Red Welcome (Cancelled)
Sunday, Aug 19, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
City Campus - Vine Street Loop by Memorial Stadium
Our location is booth 227, in the middle of the pack, roughly north of the west edge of Morril Hall

Fall Club Fair
Wednesday, Aug 22, 11:15am to 1:15pm
City Campus - Nebraska Union

East Campus Welcome Back Fair
Thursday, Aug 23, 4:00pm to 7:00pm
East Campus - Nebraska East Union
https://involved.unl.edu/east-campus-welcome-back-fair

08/18/2018

Here are a few photos from some great SKA events this past year

01/01/2018

Last practice of the year, 1000 oizuki in -10F with -30F windchill. Great way to end the year! 12-31-2017.

Happy New Year Everyone! 🎊🎉🥋

12/11/2017

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11/02/2017

Hi all. Here is a little info on upcoming dojo events.

Our dojo will travel to Kansas City on Saturday, November 18th for kyu test. Make sure you are practicing your kata every day. We'll talk after practice about travel plans.

Looking further ahead, Midwest Winter Special Training is currently scheduled for January 12 – 14th in Indianapolis. Block off the dates in your calendar and set your intention to go. As in the past, and into the distant future, Special Training is our most cherished practice. It is the best time and place for us to grow as karateka and human beings, with lots of support from our SKA friends. Find a way to make it.

-Greg